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  • My dad used to sing this song to me and it would make me cry.

  • i CAN REMEMBER TWO TEENS GETTING KILLED RACING A TO BEAT A TRAIN ACROSS THE TRACKS, THEY LOST

  • Greeattt!! yeahh

    

  • I work at a retirement home and the residents like listening to music while they eat, so i was searching on the radio for a station they would enjoy and found an easy listening station. Anyway, the station plays this song a few times a day.

  • I used to play this song on ocarina then I took a arrow to the knee.

  • @Ocielocique

    A Skyrim reference on a music video of a song from the 1960. Never thought i would see that.

  • True story, Jean Denning and his wife wrote this song as a joke because they thought the teen tragic songs were getting rediculous. They thought it was too corny and would never be taken serious. They got Mark Denning to sing the lead for a recording. The next day, Mark took it to a producer to share the joke only for the producer to love the song and sign it.

  • @sniperwolf7 that is not true i have pics of this man in my great grandmothers house it is about my great aunt she passed away when she was 16 years old killed in a car crash on a bridge with her boyfriend class ring on that was twisted on her finger. you don't know what you are talking about. He sat at my great grandmothers table and wrote this song.

  • @nicole7901 he took it to his two sisters and they changed the wording to railroad track.My aunt was sitting on her boyfriends lap and she went thru the windshield it was a head on collision. Please don't talk about something you know nothing about. This was my family. Mark was apart of our family for a very long time. My great grandmother used to play this song and just cry and tell how mark wrote it and show me pics of him sitting at her table. Get your facts straight....

  • @nicole7901 dont ever talk about someones family when you don't know what family member might be watching. Remember that. I will be watching this page more closely now. I don't want the reason for song trashed. When it was my family. Mark was our family. So don't trash someones family when you nothing about it.

  • Found out he left us when I visited this post just now. When this song came out I was in grade school. My wife and I were there in 1975 when he performed in the lounge of the Movie Manor Motel in Monte Vista, CO. His voice was so clear and high, he sounded angelig himself. The audience requested this song several times. Even the staff stopped moving and listened the this man sing this song. What a privilege that was. God Speed, Mark Dinning.

  • sad song and everything. I liked it a lot as a kid (it was already an oldie), but if you stop and think about the lyrics.....His girlfriend was an idiot. What kind of stupid twit runs into a car that's about to get creamed by a train to get her ring....and why wasn't she wearing it. Hmmm.

  • he could have exhumed her and had necrophelic relations with her. He could have kissed her lips again

  • it was a fake ring from Times Square

  • i just heard this song earlier today on the radio, I was with my Grandma and she got quiet and started to cry, she said when this song came out she was 14 about to be 15 and it always reminds her of her childhood friend that really was hit by a train and died =( it is a nice song though so very sad...

  • Damn my mother, and Damn my sister for destroying all the old LP's they used to have. Tons of them, just destroyed! :(

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  • omg this song makes me cry...I grew up with this music when I was little. My friends laugh at me as I'm 21 and pefer this music.

  • Mark Dinning.......Max Edward Dinning (August 17, 1933 — March 22, 1986) 

  • Is Mark Dining still with us or is he in Rock 'N Roll heaven now?? It's hard to believe this song was banned in many venues due to it's so-called "morbid lyrics"!!

  • Thank you so much for posting. I used to sit on the floor in my room and listen to this 45 over and over on my hi-fi in 1960 or 61 at around age 6. I never knew what Mark Dinning looked liked and now I do. What a thrill. Never have stopped loving this special song and performance.

  • this song was banned some time after it was released, board said the words were unsuitable for young ppl. that was then, the 60's, nowa days you hear shity music and the videos could pass as softcore porn but you dont see those songs banned do ya

  • @JenHOOKAH BIG thumbs up to your comment. Another song deemed too morbid was Gloomy Sunday". It was released during WWII I think and from what I remember reading it had to have extra lyrics added just so that people didn't consider it as a 'suicide' song.

  • @JenHOOKAH Can't believe it

  • Hub singgggg

  • The People who Pressed the Dislike button probably cried because this song is so sad. :'(

    This song is Sensasional to listen to and think what you could hear of classic music.

    R.I.P To the Girl Mark Dinning Lost.(Why he wrote this song)

  • I think of my dear departed old man every time I here this, fn sensational song

  • kool song

  • A blast from the past! What a great,great song!!! What a sweet melody,tear-

    jerking lyrics,and what a heavenly voice Mark Dinning has!!!

  • I love all of the oldies wish we had some of that music today. I know this song is sad bur for the most part music was fun.

  • Ther was a tv show to this song i mean the beginning of the Song but i cant find it anymore i think it was with one of the stars out of beverly hills brandon

  • The sound is so clear!

  • love the songs to come back as they was not being , brought back being raped up if you know what i mean ,

  • they dont make songs like this anymore . love it

  • I have been looking for this song, on and off since I was around 11 years old, (9 years ago). My mother used to play a cassette with 1950s and 1960s songs including this song, roses are red (my love), earth angel, smoke gets in your eyes and other GREAT songs. Growing up, we would listen to the cassette whenever we were in the car. When my mom sold the car, the cassette was left behind and I had to rely on memory of words or themes to find these songs. This is such a gift for me. THANK YOU!

  • @AlphaEssentials Yes our parents did good by giveing us such good music i rember my father hear such music bac in the 80s and i heared them in the 90s and still here them today i dont need hip hop or techno i prevore more such melodies of the 50s 70s and 90s a pitty i wasnt born in the 50s would have been a cool time like grease

  • The all-time best of the dying teenager songs of the 50's-60'd, Period!

  • love the oldies :)

  • how can anyone listen to this and not cry?i ball,despite if im a man,i have a heart and sould,and any person who trys to be sexest about or doesnt c\atleast shed a tear,you are lousy,worthless and no hearted

  • This song breaks my heart :( I cry EVERY time I listen to it :( Just goes to show you how powerful a song can be..

  • @StarLynnalicious especially when you can relate to it...or put yourself in the position

  • incredible song

  • have not heard this song in a long long time...awesome :)

  • i was born in 69 and so love the oldies

  • there was a disney series from 1989 with jason priestly .. can you remember it? i would love to see the intro/outro again, but i cant find it anywhere..

    wether on youtube nor with google search

    it was also called "teen angel" and with this song as soundtrack in the intro.

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  • hey guys this song was in a compilation ALONG with lipstick on your collar, only you, green green grass of home, king of the road and other stuff. can someone tell me what the album's called?

  • @justmoi202 misguided judgement maybe....no class ring is worth osing your life

  • back when music was music 

  • so glad there are still people who post these videos or they would be lost forever

  • My g-ma and g-pa listen to this song so much that i know every word. And i bet its pretty unusual for ppl my age to like this kind of music but i do!

  • + ‘Teen Angel’ songwriter Jean Dinning /

    Ms. Dinning died Feb. 22 2011 at age 86 in Garden Grove, Cal.

    ERIK TIELMAN, FLORIDADADAA

  • Teen Usama Teen Usama Teen Angel oooo That faithfull night in Abbotabad The Crusaders came while you were in the sack The the Navy Seals broke in and shot you in the back Teen Usama can you hear me? Teen Usama can see me? Are you somewhere up above And is Allah still you're only love? What was it you were looking for? When they took your life that night They said they found the Holy Qu'ran clutched in you fingers tight
  • I don't know if was pre-teen puberty, living in Cleveland with no sunshine or the first signs of clinical depression but I don't think I've ever cried so much as I did listening to this song every time they played it on the radio. I had that transistor to my ear waiting to hear it again.

  • im going to cry

  • really nice song but its really old

  • This song really brings me back.

  • ♥I love this song it brings tears in your eyes♥.....i wonder if this story really happened

  • The late great Mark Dinning!!! His sisters were also good.

  • now this right here is a wonderfully pretty but sad song but this actually doees happen in real life

  • Nice tune musically but pretty macabre ...

  • In 1959 a high school ring was $12.95, never worth a life.

  • @RM4FS in 1979 a class ring cost  between $50 & $ 90 ( mine cost $80)

    I agree with you... a class ring never is worth losing a life

  • when I was in school I a friend named Angela . Very beautiful friend, she had met a guy that she was so crazy about. One summer I heard on the radio and on the news a girl and her boyfriend were burned to death in a car wreck. I just remember crying so hard about it. She was so bubbly and happy that day at school went she talked about him. It's been 35 years ago, but I still think about her when I hear this song.

  • I'm 15, but this song is such a great GREAT song. I applaud Mark Dinning for making such a heartfelt song. Its a sad, but beautiful song. Thank you @tabbap for posting this. I also applaud you. •-•

  • r.i.p

  • R.I.P. Jean Dinning (Mark´s sister)

    «Teen Angel» is, indeed, a very  sad song.

  • @lmradioful Sister Jean and Brother Mark are together in heaven again. Mark left us all too soon in 1986. Thanks for the memories.

  • R.I.P. Jean Dinning (Mark´s sister)

    «Teen Angel» is, indeed,  a very sad song.

  • Thanks for the memories!

  • In 1959 this was my sister's favorite song. She was 6 years old.

  • `Teen Angel' songwriter Jean Dinning dies at 86

  • Jean Dinning just crossed over today.What a song.Thank you Jean

  • RIP Jean Dinning

  • Please tell me your connection.Where is this Video from? Do you have more old videos like that? It is very very important that these songs where never forget. Mark Dinning, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley,.... Please write back. Thanx a lot & Greetings, Dennis

  • @painkiller2102 . Have loads more but they are already on here............ At the moment i have 70+ on here.

  • @tabbap Why isn't video contained in the link Address?

    Curious

  • @tabbap

    Thanx for your reaction! And thanx a lot, that you´re give this link to each other who´s like this kind of Music! Take Care and still go on!! ;)

  • @painkiller2102 You are so right and I totally agree. I grew up on this music and it never grows old! This is still a beautiful song, of teen love. Has real meaning even though its a sad song. Mark had a great talent!

  • Im 16 and I love this song. I used to listen to it with my Grandfather before he passes away last week. He had a recording of it from when it came out on vinyl. Its the last thing I have from him. Everytime I hear this song, I start to cry now

  • Such wonderful music. I was born in 89 and absolutely love this type of music. I've been listening to it ever since I was little with my Grandmother. It's so powerful and passionate. It has real meaning to it unlike the music that it produced today, such a shame that this music has faded away.

  • @Chixy0123

    Thats true! i´m already sad that this kind of sound is token by techno and Rap:) So, thats live ;). But i´m with you, so let the "oldies" grown up,... cause, every sound´s coming back,... u know ;) ?

  • @Chixy0123 yea its a kool song

  • Im probably one of the youngest ppl to watch this video but i love this song. I used to listen to it in my papaws 1975 pontica Grandville convertable before he passed away. I love this song i lve that car. RIP Papaw!!!!! I miss you so much. I m 19 by the way

  • The video is a clip from 1960, probably from American Bandstand or Dick Clark's Saturday Night Show, but the vocal is from a later re-recording (just sounds just as good and sad as the original).

    RIP Mark Dinning.

  • Hard to believe that after such a great song, he never had another hit.

    This is a great song. Thanks for sharing it with us. I never saw this before today and it reminded me of my older brother R.I.P. who loved this song. You made me think of him and for that I thank you too.

  • best trag. song ever!

  • aww,i love this song! this is actually a true story. My Grandmother was friends w/ one of the characters.

  • This song, along with Last Kiss, are probably the goddamn saddest songs of the early Rock n' Roll era. When he sings "they buried you today", my lips quiver like a child who just got told his dog got hit by a car. So awesomely SAD!

  • @Manchuriancandidate -> dont cry,.. its just a song,.. but realy sad,.. im with u. And its the ever sadest song i ever heard,...

  • My mom used to sing this song to me and little brother when we went to bed. This is just a purely amazing song.

  • they just don't make beautiful music like this anymore.

  • my 6th grade teacher used to play us old twilight zone episodes and old songs. i fell in love with this song and always asked him to play it. 6 years later it is still one of my favorites. im pretty sure it will remain one untill i die.

  • Check out the Sha Na Na version of this song.

  • I know that I'm only 16, but I love this song. I love hanging out with my grandmother, and she loves playing the oldies. This one happened to be playing when I was there, and I realized that the oldies are great! Thanks Gram!! :)

  • Mark Dinning and his sister wrote this a parody for Last kiss. They had no clue how big this song was going to be.

  • you make my granny cry so if you want make sad viedeos will i hate you i cant stand to see her llike this

  • @The19pizza Perhaps your granny should just eat your pizzas, and not listen to sad songs - then she'll stay happy.

  • I love this song but for a 40 year old man to be singing it it just loses its romance somehow...but then you think about it and realize you can still be in love with your highschool sweet heart at any age.

  • I've never seen this until today but my aunt use to sing it with me all the time.. I knew it note for note and every word! Memories..

  • omg totally LUSH! im 19 and amazingly... i love this ancient song... =)

  • My grandparents wrote this. :] It's amazing to see now. We sing it at every family gathering for my Grandma Jean and she loves it. Thank you for posting this.

  • @ClarkeSurrey no freakin way dude thats awesome

  • @ClarkeSurrey as I saw at your channel that you're performing, so maybe one you'll have a hit at least as big as your (grand)uncle Mark. Best wishes.

  • Sweet and beautiful, Thank you tabbap!

  • i remember when this song came out.it was a big hit.eventualy it was banned ,because of the words..them days the census board were a load of idiots.i am now 71 and i havnt heard that since about 1970, when i had an accident and the record got broken.thank you for bringing this song back to life.

  • In 1960, a Jostens High School Class Ring cost between $10 and $15.

  • I rember there was a tv show in the 80s with this song in the intro but i cant find it anymore

  • I love this song, it always brings tears to my eyes. It's just so sad how she went back to get his high school ring, and he couldn't stop her. :(

  • mark dinning wrote this song

  • This song was in he top 10 in the world charts in 1960

  • tell laura to listen to this, briliant song, one of my all time favourites

  • I remember listening to this the summer after 6th grade (early 80s), when we found out a classmate had died in a 3-wheeler accident. We somehow came across it on one of our parents' old 8-tracks! We cried our eyes out, and it still brings tears to my eyes! RIP Arnie!

  • WOW the memories. i think i was close to 7 or 8 when i heard this the first time. just turned 49 today and still love it.

  • I am 28 now and I remember I was maybe 7 no more I was probley younger then that. But my mom had a record player and it had this song on one side and I think it was the "Tallahasse Bridge" song I think... But Teen Angel was the first song I ever learned. I always thought Richie Valens sung it but now I am glad to find it on here ty for the memories.

  • I'm 18 and I've loved this song forever! My great aunt introduced it to me. It's awesome!

  • Love this song. Its funny ive been listning to all of this old musci all day and im an 18 year old metalhead. LOL

  • my mom  love this song!!!!!!!!!

  • ...Sonic Alchemy....

  • I heard that this was written as a parody of tear jerking songs of the time and it became a hit.

  • I am 46 and I just love this song and I am also a lover of all 60 songs reminds me of my dad and mom

  • im 31 and i LOVE this song is there someting wrong with me hahahaha

  • @ebaeba04 Na. Nothing wrong. It's just a classic that will always be loved by any age :)

  • what a beautiful song. and brings tears to my eyes. wow- this song was on the charts the year i was born. 1960

  • a few weeks after this song came out,it was banned .they said it was because of the words i was lucky i bought the record before it was banned .a brilliant song

  • SONJIA LANELLE PARKER

    I still love you...more than 36 years

    later.

    ROGER is looking.

  • This song was 50 years ago no.9 in the world charts

  • Love this song.

  • This song was 50 years ago no.9 in the world charts

  • This song was 50 years ago no.6 in the world charts

  • This song was 50 years ago no.3 in the world charts

  • IM 36 ANd Was Raised on this music it is alot better than some of our music today

  • This song was 50 years ago no.2 in the world charts

  • this is about a acidental death

    Tell laura I love her,teen angel, Leader of the pack,Terry&llast kiss ( accidental deaths)

    endless sleep ( atempted suicide)

    Patches ( suicide)

    Does everyone get the order of the subjects of these songs?

  • @Freyja1133

    That's interesting ! I have never thought about that.

  • patches was about suicide? i'll have to listen to that again...

  • Sounds like a tune roy orbison would have done....

  • he did. ..this song.

  • I have this artist and song on a 45rpm..

    Thanks for the video..Its a favorite of mine.

  • Im 22 and I love this song and my 2 and 3 year old boys sing it word for word. I wish they made more of these songs now adays

  • kinda depressing, but still a great song.

  • I am 63 and as I was watching Mark Dinning sing Teen Angel, I sang along with him word for word. Funny how you never forget the songs you loved when you were sweet 16.

  • @sunrom2 plus they played this at my babys funeral, she died in a car accident last year, RIP <3, an that makes it it hard to get it outta my head

  • @sunrom2 -> thats right guy! Im with u! :)

  • I love this song,  my Daddy used to sing this to my brother and I. When we would take family vacations we would a harmonize to this one and alot more. OOOHH!!!!! the memories

  • was written by his sister Jean and her husband Red Surrey and wasn't written for anyone.

  • @tabbap i love this song downloaded it bey accident to ipod few years back great mistake!

  • did he write dis for someone??

  • why did she go back the things people do for love

  • death rock............

  • Can any one tell me who wrote the song?

  • Teen Angel" is a teenage tragedy song written by Jean Dinning and her husband, Red Surrey, and performed by Jean's brother, Mark Dinning,

  • love soooooo much this song

  • glad you like it.......

  • Heh anyone else read about this song in "I hate myself and want to die: the 52 most depressing songs ever"?

  • The teenage tragedy...

    Great and moving song

  • Moving....

  • This does not appear to be a lip synch. Is this really live? It does not sound like the release on 45rpm.

  • i heard this is a true story..it happened in Aiken,South Carolina

  • i have to agree new songs today are kinda meh they dont really have any charicter i myself like old music and im 18 lol

  • brilliant, 60's 70's music makes todays music sound like a bunch of apes beating pots and pans

  • old songs have that character in them

  • i have to blink 50 time a second not cry

  • i cried when i first heard this song.

  • same right i the middle of music class ( we had to sing it)

  • oh they don't make 'em like this anymore. Shame.

  • yes, why so few viewers?!

  • have no clue seg...one of the best on this sillly mess...haha!

  • innocence ......

  • Why has only 832 viewers watched this video?

  • Love this song. The oldie songs are mine and my husbands favorites. Thanks for posting.

  • dude i love the older music it has a lot of felling in it